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bles·bok

(blĕs′bŏk′)

n. pl. blesbok or bles·boks

A South African antelope (Damaliscus pygargus subsp. phillipsi syn. D. dorcas subsp. phillipsi) having a reddish-brown coat, curved horns, and a white mark on the face.

[Afrikaans : bles, white mark on an animal's face (from Middle Dutch; see bhel- in Indo-European roots) + bok, buck (from Middle Dutch boc).]

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blesbok

(ˈblɛsˌbʌk) or

blesbuck

n, pl -boks, -bok, -bucks or -buck

(Animals) an antelope, Damaliscus dorcas (or albifrons), of southern Africa. The coat is a deep reddish-brown with a white blaze between the eyes; the horns are lyre-shaped

[C19: Afrikaans, from Dutch bles blaze² + bok goat, buck¹]

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bles•bok

(ˈblɛsˌbɒk)

also bles•buck

(-ˌbʌk)

n., pl. -boks also -bucks, (esp. collectively) -bok also -buck.

a large antelope, Damaliscus albifrons, of S Africa, having a blaze on the face.

[1815–25; < Afrikaans, = Dutch bles blaze² + bok buck¹]

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